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Thank you, gentlemen, for your useful information and advice. JJ

Thank you for the reply. I believe the tub is enameled steel.

My bathtub squeaks and clunks as I move around in it while taking a shower. I've read that this is bad news and can eventually lead to a broken/leaking tub. I've been able to look a bit under the tub at the drain end by removing a drawer cabinet. It looks like there are rigid foam panels under...

No water meter; it's a well-water system.

Tom, please excuse my ignorance but where/how do you attach the compressor?

Thanks, arctic bill. Can you tell me how you go about emptying all those p-traps and the washing machines?

Thanks for the reply, RS. Lots of things I hadn’t considered, but I don’t follow how you blow the water out of the water heater & pressure tanks. And wouldn’t those tanks have at least some protection against freeze damage if they were just partially drained, like by half?

We’re planning an extended road trip in January ‘22 that will keep away for several weeks. I always turn off the water main from our well-water system when we travel but now I’m thinking I should also drain the water from the pipes in case of a power outage/freeze (we’re in the mid-Atlantic...

The top of the leaking joint seems to be just about level with the top surface of the vanity. The wall on that side is sheet rock.

I have a slow (many minutes between) drip from the hot water supply line to my tub/shower faucet. It appears to be a “shark bite” type connection, but not certain. The wall the pipes are in is backed by a full vanity with cabinets below (pictures attached). So it seems the best way to access the...

You seem to be implying that I'm acting in an unethical manner. I started looking into this question after I saw a line item in a contractor's proposal for nearly $3,000 of bathroom fixtures (double vanity, tub and shower; nothing fancy). If trying to save nearly a thousand bucks on a bathroom...

A contractor we've been talking to about a bathroom upgrade says he can supply "professional-grade" Moen fixtures that are much more robust and reliable than the equivalent items you can buy at e.g. Home Depot. This even though they look identical and have the same product-line names. But of...

I'm the guy that made the original post in August. I was under a lot of time pressure then b/c we were about to head off on a multi-week trip. It's been a VERY wet year here in the Mid-Atlantic and I didn't want to depend on the old pump while we were gone. So I made a decision and installed a...

Thanks for the reply, Diehard. Somehow I managed to post an incomplete version of my post. My original question was going to ask if anyone had any recommendations as to the most reliable brands of sump pump systems; there seems to be a lot to choose from. As to the battery back-up question: my...

I have a sump pump in our house that is probably 25 years old. It still works but during a recent very heavy storm it cycled on/off for nearly 12 hours, with - at the worst - only 10 sec off time before pumping again. Thankfully it did the job; no water in the basement. However, this woke me up...

I'm going to replace the pressure switch on my well system. My question is: should I use a brass or a galvanized nipple? Are there reasons one way or the other. And how long should it be? Does that matter? Thanks for your help.

The pressure switch on our well system is quite old and I'd like to replace it before it fails. It is a Pro Plumber model PPS3050. Would it be OK to replace this 30/50 switch with a 40/60 switch such as the SquareD 9013FSG2J24? Our house was built in 1992 and has all copper piping (except for...